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- ZIP Converter 2.8
- Copyright (c) 1994 Gregory Sherman
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-
- DISTRIBUTION
-
- ZIP Converter is shareware. You can upload it to BBSs, give copies
- to friends, etc. Please distribute it in the archive ZIPCVT28.ZIP,
- which contains this file, ZIPCVT.EXE, CVTREG.FRM, and FILE_ID.DIZ.
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- REGISTRATION
-
- You may evaluate ZIP Converter for a period of 15 days. If you
- continue to use it beyond this period, you must register.
- Registered users will receive instructions that will prevent
- the registration notice from appearing. Your registration will
- be valid for all future versions of ZIP Converter.
-
- The registration fee is $5 for a single user on one computer.
- This price is valid until the release of ZIP Converter 3.0.
- You may send a check (US funds drawn on a U.S. bank),
- postal money order, or cash to:
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- Gregory Sherman
- 4750 Sawtelle Blvd
- Culver City CA 90230
-
- You can print and fill out the included registration form,
- CVTREG.FRM. Otherwise, please include your name (as you
- want it to appear when the program runs) and your address
- with your registration fee.
-
-
-
- E-MAIL
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- Send questions and comments via Internet to:
- Gregory.Sherman@la.socal.com
-
- or call
-
- The Source BBS (310)371-3737
- USR DS 14.4k v.32bis
- latest version in File Area 1
- leave message for Gregory Sherman in Conference 0
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-
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- INTRODUCTION
-
- ZIP Converter will recompress ZIP archives with PKZIP version 2.04's
- new maximum compression algorithm. It can be run on a single file
- or on all ZIP files in a specified directory each time it is run.
- It can be used on both hard and floppy drives. The program determines
- the version of a ZIP file and the method with which it was created.
- Therefore, you can use it to convert 1.x ZIPs to 2.04 format or to
- recompress all archives that were not formed with 2.04 maximum
- compression.
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- The old archives are unzipped with the -d option (preserve
- subdirectories). The new archives are created with the -rP (restore
- subdirectories), -o (set archive date to latest file date) and -ex (
- maximum compression) options (see PKZIP documentation for more
- information). ZIP Converter will convert ZIP files within a
- ZIP file (one level only).
-
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- INSTRUCTIONS
-
- Place ZIPCVT.EXE and the new versions of PKZIP.EXE and PKUNZIP.EXE
- in directories included in the PATH statement of your
- AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Run ZIPCVT from a hard drive or a RAM drive with
- adequate space for the temporary files created by ZIPCVT and PKZIP.
-
- ZIP Converter is run from the DOS command line with this form:
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- zipcvt <filename | directory-path> [-n | -x] [-p#] [-r | -z comment-path]
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- The .ZIP extension of "filename" can be omitted.
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- "directory-path" can be a relative or absolute pathname.
- The final '\' must be included as in "c:\qmodem\ud\", unless the
- pathname begins with "." or ".."
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- The switch "-n" prevents ZIP Converter from checking ZIP versions
- or compression methods in order to increase the speed of conversion.
-
- The switch "-x" makes ZIP Converter recompress all ZIPs not in
- version 2.04 maximum compression format.
-
- If neither of the above are used, ZIP Converter will recompress
- all ZIPs in 1.x format.
-
- The switch "-p#" is intended for use on directories that have a large
- number of ZIPs. # is an integer you choose. After converting # of ZIPs,
- the program will display a prompt (C)ontinue or (Q)uit ? You then press
- "c" or "q" to choose. If you press "c" the program will again display
- this prompt after another # of ZIPs have been converted. This will be
- repeated until all ZIPs have been converted or you press "q" at a prompt.
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- The switch "-r" instructs ZIP Converter to remove comments from the ZIP
- archives it converts.
-
- The switch "-z" instructs ZIP Converter to add comments to the ZIP
- archives it converts. "comment-path" is the pathname of a plain ASCII
- text file that contains the comments.
-
-
- Examples : "zipcvt lib2" will convert the file LIB2.ZIP in the
- current directory to 2.04 format if necessary
-
- "zipcvt b: -r" or "zipcvt b:\ -r" will convert version 1.x
- archives in drive B's root directory, removing all comments
-
- "zipcvt . -n" will convert all ZIP archives in the current
- directory, without checking for ZIP versions or compression
- methods
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- "zipcvt \term\dls\ -z \utils\comment.txt" will convert
- ZIP files in \term\dls\, adding the contents of
- \utils\comment.txt as comments to all ZIP files
-
- "zipcvt . -p10" will convert ZIP files in the current
- directory, asking if you want to continue after
- converting 10, 20, 30, ... ZIPs
-
- C:\TP\SOURCE\UNITS> "zipcvt .. -x" will convert all ZIPS
- in C:\TP\SOURCE\ not created with 2.04 maximum compression
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- DISCLAIMER
-
- ZIP Converter is provided "as is". Use at your own risk.
- Gregory Sherman disclaims all warranties, including the implied
- warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.
-
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- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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- PKZIP and PKUNZIP are registered trademarks of PKWARE, Inc.
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